Startup India Showcase Platform.: 104 startups from different sectors have currently on boarded on the Startup India Showcase Platform. Startup India Showcase is an online discovery platform for the most promising startups of the country. These innovations span across various cutting-edge sectors such as Fintech, EntrepriseTech, Social Impact, HealthTech, EdTech, among others. Ecosystem stakeholders have […]
Month: July 2021
National Logistics Excellence Awards
National Logistics Excellence Awards.: With a view to turn the spotlight on the logistics sector, the Government today announced the launch of National Logistics Excellence Awards. The awards are in two categories, the first group includes logistics infrastructure/service providers and second one is for various user industries. The awards will highlight best practices including consolidation, […]
External Benchmarks Lending Rate
External Benchmarks Lending Rate: According to a recent RBI report on ‘Monetary transmission in India’, the share of outstanding loans linked to External Benchmarks Lending Rate (EBLR – like repo rate), increased from as low as 2.4% during September 2019 to 28.5% during March 2021. This increase in EBLR linked lending will contribute to significant […]
What are High-Altitude Balloons?
High-Altitude Balloons: The US has planned to transmit the Internet to the people in Cuba via high-altitude balloons when their government has blocked access. There is an ongoing protest in Cuba against long standing restrictions on rights, scarcity of food and medicines, and the government’s poor response to the Covid-19 pandemic. High Altitude Balloons for […]
NEA Scout : NASA’s Advanced Exploration Systems
NASA’s New Spacecraft: NEA Scout: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that its new spacecraft, named Near-Earth Asteroid Scout or NEA Scout, has completed all required tests and has been safely tucked inside the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. About NEA Scout: Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, or NEA Scout, is a miniaturized spacecraft, known […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 20th July 2021
Today Current Affairs: 20th July 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
MH-60R Multi Role Helicopters (MRH)
MH-60R Multi Role Helicopters (MRH): Indian Navy accepted the first two of its MH-60R Multi Role Helicopters (MRH) from US Navy in a ceremony held at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego on 16 Jul 21. The ceremony marked the formal transfer of these helicopters from US Navy to Indian Navy. MH-60R helicopters manufactured […]
Moon Wobble
Moon Wobble: Sometimes, the moon seems to move in mysterious ways. It is mostly circles and ovals. But there is also something else a so-called wobble animating those rotations and revolutions. According to a recent study, the phenomenon is expected to lead to more flooding here on Earth in the middle of the next decade. […]
Midday Meal Scheme
Midday Meal Scheme: A new study on the intergenerational benefits of India’s Midday Meal Scheme was published. It found that midday meals leave a long-lasting impact. Children of mid-day meal scheme beneficiaries show better growth. The study used the nationally representative data on cohorts of mothers and their children by birth year and socio-economic status […]
Plea Challenges Sedition Law
Plea Challenges Sedition Law: A petition was filed in the Supreme court (SC), that seeks a relook into the Sedition Law. The nearly-60-year old judgment helped sedition to survive in Indian Penal Code. The 1962 judgment in the KedarNath case, which upheld Section 124A (sedition), a relic of the colonial legacy, was given at […]
